Reasons for Plotting and Carrying Out a Rebellion

Nat Turner rebellion was the largest uprising of African American slaves in the history of the United States. He and his followers killed 55 men, women, and children with axes and clubs. Turner was captured and brought to trial for planning the rebellion. Turner was eventually hanged and his followers were killed. Fear grew among white southerners...

In August 21 of 1831, a solar eclipse convinced him to begin with a first movement where they killed white people around such as men, women, children using axes and tools. At the time, they were moving from farm to farm, picking up more volunteers from among slaves to give their services in favor to the revolution, making the force grow in numbers, but some of the black slaves were terrified by how they were killing the white population. That provoked to some slaves run away from the battle to warn the other whites about the movement of Turner. Because of that situation, the white people made a decision of evacuated after the Turner’s rebellion had attacked a half dozen of farms. When Turner realized that the White population was gone, he made the decision to divide his forces to improve

The story of Nat Turner’s rebellion, that took place in Southampton, Virginia, on August 22, 1831, is somewhat of a lost event. This is because this particular stand was not the most successful at first, but it resulted in the later years as an rewarding rebellion. Nat Turner’s rebellion affected racism and slavery, by being a leader, by being influential, and by showing bravery. All three of these things must be used in order to have a successful rebellion in this situation especially.

Gray’s “The Confessions of Nat Turner” opened with an overview of Turner’s early life. He included a passage in which Turner said that an odd moment in his life, when he recalled events that happened before his birth, “laid the ground work of that enthusiasm, which has terminated so fatally to many” (44). By declaring his revolt as an enthusiasm, which means that it was a divinely inspired pursuit, he already ingrained the prejudice of the confessions being the one of an overly religious man. The confessions persisted with the idea of Turner being an irrational self-proclaimed prophet. He was said to have many revelations in his life which convinced him that he was “ordained for some great purpose in the hands of the Almighty” (46). The purpose, as he saw it, was to lead his people to freedom.

In the process they killed fifty-five people and inspired close to sixty enslaved men on the journey to follow them. They continued to the town of Jerusalem with the purpose of destroying the town and killing all of the white people. During this time the governor called a few thousand of armed militiamen to end the rebellion. Slave masters at this time was terrified and didn’t know if they were next for this slaying or if their slaves were plotting the same rebellion. The militiamen gave the white people a slight relief of security. As the rebellion approached the town of Jerusalem the militia stopped them and many fled into the woods because they knew they were outnumbered. The militia searched and captured or killed the men who participating in the rebellion, except for Nat Turner, Nat hid for two months in Southampton County. Once he was captured, he was tried in court and then hanged and skinned his body. The other men were executed by the state or decapitated and heads posted on stakes to terrorize the black community. The fear in whites spread and they went out to kill blacks that had nothing to do with the Nat turner’s rebellion. These white mobs killed up to three hundred blacks. The governor of Virginia attempted to put a stop to these white mobs. The state legislature of Virginia considered ending slavery but ended up voting to restrict blacks freedom, hoping to prevent any future rebellions. In North Carolina, slaves were

In The Fires of Jubilee Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion: Stephen Oates gives an account of the brief but deadly slave revolt in and around Southampton, Virginia. His controlling theme is that of religion and the profound influence that it had on the development of Nat Turner's charismatic persona and his rationale for engaging in a project of deliberate murder of people who had at least in the context of slavery as a given of Turner's experience, treated him quite decently. The effects of Nat Turner's rebellion were profound. The insurrection of Nat Turner was inspiration for all slaves, even if just 60 whites were killed to the 140 blacks. I am

  Nat Turner did not like the way his people were being treated. Mistreatments on the black slaves pushed Nat and his followers to start the rebellion. In the movie “Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property “directed by Charles Burnett, “slavery was an institution that degraded people”. Blacks had no power whatsoever and had to

During their 'March of Destruction,'; things began to get out of hand. Though he was willing to go to extreme measures to gain his freedom, the events that ended up taking place ended up becoming a massacre. Due to Nat's rebellion, 60 whites and 200 blacks died. Though Nat did in fact partake in the killings, the author makes it out to seem as if in the end, Nat did not really want this to become a bloodbath. Although he thought that it was getting out of hand, he stood idly by, watching the massacre take place. In the end, a total of 50 stood trial, and 21, including Nat Turner were hung for the rebellion.

From the 1830s to the 1860s, the “Abolitionist Movement” began with calls to eradicate slavery. Jackson, one of the largest slavery owners in Tennessee, was against this movement, but that did not stop articles from being published, and protests from being started. William Lloyd Garrison published a anti-slavery newspaper called “The Liberator” that received mixed reviews because some people in Boston, where he was from, still approved of slavery. Nat Turner was a slave who believed he was responsible for ending slavery. He created an uprising that killed 60 white men, women, and children. Some of the white slave owners were scared that this uprising

This anti slavery movement gained momentum for Nat Turner’s rebellion. Nathaniel Turner was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 60 white deaths and at least 100 black deaths, the largest number of fatalities to occur in one uprising prior to the American Civil War in the southern United States. Slaves and freed slaves that upheld Christian views received great support from religious abolitionists. For instance, Reverend Mr. Gloucester, a freed black minister, was gifted with funds from the church to aid in freeing his family (Document C). An underlying cause of the Christian abolitionist’s disapproval of slavery arose from their realization of the cruelty in enslavement.

In February, 1831, Turner received the sign to revolt, which was an eclipse of the sun. He confided his plan that he had to four men that he trusted; Henry, Hark, Nelson, and Sam. They planned for the rebellion to be on July 4, but it had to be postponed because Turner became ill. On August 13, the sun appeared bluish-green, which was the final sign, and on August 21, Turner and six of his men met and made plans in the woods. At 2:00 in the morning, they went to the Travis household, and they killed the entire family. They proceeded to kill all the white people they encountered as they went from house to house. As they went, more slaves joined them, and the force eventually consisted of more than 40 slaves, mostly on horseback. At midday of the next day, Turner decided that they should go to Jerusalem, which was the closest town. The word of the rebellion reached to the whites at this point, and they were confronted by a group of

One primary source document that shows how Nat Turners rebellion instilled fear into the white population was a letter written from Governor John Floyd of Virginia to Governor James Hamilton of South Carolina on November 19, 1831. This document discusses how Governor Floyd believes preachers were a leading factor that lead to the Nat Turner slave rebellion because they used religion to encourage African Americans to resist slavery. In this letter Governor Floyd states, “They began first, by making them religious –their conversations were of that character - telling the blacks God was no respecter of persons - the black man was as good as the white - that all men were born free and equal - that they cannot serve two masters - that the white

He had began to see more signs and he had gotten more visions from God. He interpreted them as if he need to attack his enemies with their own weapons. He had a few close trusted friends that he shared his visions with. He shared the visions with them and only them. They would also help him in his revolt. Turner and his close trusted friend met daily to come up with plans for his secret revolt. They came up with a list of about twenty other blacks to help with the revolt. He told his master about his revolt once, and because he told him, he was beaten for it.

Shays Rebellion was caused by the extensive taxing the citizens of Massachusetts. The taxes fell heavily upon the poorer citizens of Massachusetts. When the Massachusetts legislature refused to relieve citizens of the burdens of such taxes. In response, a protest grew, with many people sympathizing with the protesters’ cause. A former army captain and farmer, Daniel Shays rounded up a group of over a thousand farmers, eventually leading this group to march on the federal arsenal in Springfield,

Slave revolts led by Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey and John Brown, mark attempts to obtain freedom by captives. However, others felt it best to run away from their oppressors, only to be caught, beaten, killed or sold. During the 1850s, approximately one thousand slaves found freedom by escaping to the Northern states, Canada and Mexico.